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Peerage vs Beaufort - What's the difference?

peerage | beaufort |

As a noun peerage

is peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy.

As a proper noun Beaufort is

any of several places in France.

peerage

English

(wikipedia peerage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy.
  • The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
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  • A book listing such people and their families.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * aristocracy * bunyip aristocracy

    beaufort

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Beaufort) (en proper noun)
  • Any of several places in France
  • of Norman origin
  • A dukedom in the English peerage
  • A town in Sabah, Malaysia
  • A town in North Carolina
  • A city in South Carolina

    • Derived terms

    * Beaufort scale